According to reports by Daily Nation seen by TUKO.co.ke, Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) through its Rift Vally regional manager Simon Wang’ombe has been engaging the owner to regularise the dams in vain.

The destruction left behind after the Solai dam burst its banks. Photo: Mwenda Njoka.

Wang’ombe disclosed that they had raised the matter with Patel as the dams looked weak as they were constructed long ago and had not been cleared by state engineers.

“For the last one year, we have been trying to engage the company on how to legalise the dams but they have been reluctant. As far as we are concerned, the dams are illegal,” Wang’ombe was quoted as having said.